Sunbonnet.



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4 bonnet as flattened and folded in packing the CHARLES E. YOUNT, SR.,OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.y

SUNBONNET Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 23, 1906.

Application filed April 16.1906. Serial No. 311,900.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. YoUNT, Sr., a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and a resident of Harrisburg, in the StateofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sunbonnets,o f which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to those articles of headwear for Women andchildren known yas sun-hats or sunbonnets; and it consists in certainnovel features of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

The objects of the invention are to adapt the article to be readily andeffectively laundered before and after use to adapt the same to bepacked perfectly flat for storage and shipment, wherebyT great savingin, paper boxes, wooden lpacking-cases, and freight and cartage expensesis effected; to adapt the sunbonnet to be held in the shape m which itis worn by a single draw-string occupying a ystraight pocket in acombined puff and cape portion of the article, and to render the articleof neat and attractive appearance in the shape in which it is worn,withy a flaring crescent-shaped crown that almost entirely encircles thehead, and may be and preferably is tastefully trimmed by a ruffleattached to its convexly-curved front edge from one extremity thereof tothe other without demanding a box of materially greater size than isnecessary to accommodate the flattened crown portion itself. Otherobjects of the invention are to wholly dispense with detachable partsand open seams, with their fastenings, and especially hooks and eyes andthe like, so as to avoid the production of rust-spots, and to obviatethe employment of elastics, which are liable to become prematurelyinoperative and are objectionable because of their pressure upon thehead.'

A sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof.

Figure 1 isa top or back view of the sunsame for shipment or for storae. Fi0w2 is a face view of the same in its attened condition, butunfolded, and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are respectively a front view, a sideview; and

a back view of the sunbonnet in the shape i which it is worn.

Like reference characters refer to like'parts in all the figures.

' The improved sunbonnet includes a relatively stiff or stiffenablecrown portion a,

that in its flattened condition is crescentshaped, as best shown in Fig.2. To the concavely-curved rear edge of said crown portion a one edge ofa combined puff and cape portion b cis permanently or inseparablyattached at all oints with such fullness in the puff portion as may bedesired, such fullness being provided for in customary manner bygathering the front edge of the puff portion. The puff portion bterminates ma straight draw-string pocket 1, extending in a straightline from one extremity of said crown portion c to the other,`withinwhich a draw-string 2 is fastened at one of said extremities, protrudingfrom the pocket at its other end. A cape c of suitable proportions,adapted to be folded back upon the puff ortion b when the sunbonnet isiiattene is preferably and convenienti made in one piece with said puffportion and connected therewith by said pocket 1. (Compare Figs. 1 and2.) A pair of strings 1 and 2, adapted to be tied beneath the chin, areattached to the front edge of the crown portion a near itsrespectiveextremities. A second pair of strings 3 and 4, adapted to betied together or fastened in any approved Way, are attached at the backof the sunbonnet to the respective extremities of the crown portion aand serve to mask the draw-string pocket 1 and to render more sightlythe back of the sunbonnet as worn. `(See Fig. 5.) The convexlycurvedfront edge'of the crown portion a is preferably provided by way oftrimming with a fluted ruffle d, with. or without an edging e of lace orthe like, said rufle d tapering in width toward both extremities of thecrown portion c, so as to occupy little, if any, additional room in thepacking-box and to present a pleasing appearance on the article as worn.(See Fig. 4.)

In converting the sunbonnet from its flate-v tened and folded conditionrepresented by Fig. 1 to the shape in which it is worn, as representedby Figs. 8, 4, and 5, it is only necessary to pull together theextremities of the crown portion a, and to gather the lower edge of thepuff b as tightly as possible by means of the drawstring 2, which isthen fastened, andto tie together or otherwise to fasten thesupplemental strings 3 and 4 in the crease be- IOO tween the puff b andthe cape c at the back of l the sunbonnet.

The edging e or the ruffle d as a Whole may obviously be omitted withoutmaterially changing the sunbonnet, as may alsol the supplemental strings3 and 4, and other like modifications will suggest themselves to those'skilled in the art.

Having thus described said improvement7 I claim as my invention anddesire to patent under this speciiication- A launderable sunbonnetincluding a stitl crescent-shaped crown portion having aconcavely-curved rear edge and a convexlycurved front edge extendingfrom one lateral extremity thereot1 to its other lateral extremity, arelatively soft puff portion inseparably attached at all points to saidrear edge and provided with a straight draw-string pocket and adraw-string Within said pocket extending from one of said extremities ofthe crown portion to its other extremity, and a cape inseparably unitedwith said puff portion along said draw-string pocket and adapted to befolded upon said. pu fi' portion when the article is liattened, thewhole being adapted to be flattened and folded within a small compass toeconomize space in boxing the article and to facilitate laundering thesame, and adapted to be adjusted and hold in shape by said draw-stringWithout additional fastenings, substantially as hereinbeiore spcci'lied.

CHARLES E. YOUNT, SR. Witnesses H. H. FREEBURN, F. M. YOUNT.

